Canadian Featherweights

AMATEUR and PROFESSIONAL FEATHERWEIGHT BOXERS" By Brian Zelley

Introduction

As a former featherweight boxer, I welcome stories about the former 
featherweight amateur and professional boxer of Canada.  In 1967 and 1968 one of the boxers that I fought was 1967 Canadian amateur featherweight champion 
WAYNE BOYCE others included FRANK SCOTT,  NEIL KNIGHT,  RAY LAMPKIN.  Some of the others were:
Bob Kacer, Steve Flajole, Roger Nepper, Ken Stant, Del Deugau and many others from January 1964 to sometime in 1973.  The last bout was a victory over CLARK MACLELLAN who would
become an effective coach at the Nanaimo Boxing Club and in 
recent years serve as a ring official such as the 2010 BC Golden
Gloves tournament.
  But there are many others of interest throughout the decades.
Many would compete in more than one weight division.

Link to some of the current happenings in pro boxing in Canada:
Battle of Undefeated Featherweight Prospects Canadian Tyler Asselstine vs. Italian Nicola Cipolletta Saturday night in Montreal

BOXING CANADA
*before the formation of the Canadian Amateur Boxing Assoociation 
there had been many Canadian featherweight champions and other
capable and good featherweights from including Roger Adolph and
Wayne Boyce.  Based on performance in the Golden Glove tournaments
in the Pacific Northwest and other activity, the two likely featherweights
for Team BC in 1968 Olympic Trials should have been Wayne Boyce
and Brian Zelley, but due to injury it was South Burnaby boxer
Ron McEachern stepped into the action and made it to the finals
of the Olympic Trials but lost to boxer TED BILLINSLEY who would


From 1969 to 2012, there have been many outstanding featherweight 
boxers and a good selection of champions to represent Canada in
international competition such as Dave Anderson, Frank Scott,
Wesley Sunshine, Stephen Nolan, Steve Pagendam,  Michael Strange
and many more. 


Canadian Professional Boxers
*The professional boxing stories about Canadian featherweights
takes us through many decades of excellence with names that range
from the great George Dixon to the "toy tiger" Art Hafey.

Some names from the past:
Jackie Callura, Leo (Kid) Roy, Vic Foley, Rocky MacDougall,
Billy McGrandle, Les Gillis, Jackie Burke, and Tony Pep.
During his term of champion, Tony Pep would face 1984 Olympic
bantamweight bronze medal winner Dale Walters.  Based on styles 
and punching power skills, Walters did not have the punching power
to stop Pep, and Pep would use his height and reach to outbox Dale
until the bout was stopped in the tenth round of the 12-round title bout.